2. Evidence-Informed Policy Making Module 2 A Complete Search Strategy [DATE & LOCATION HERE]

3. What will be covered in this module? TOPIC 1 Introducing the search strategy TOPIC 2 Understand the request for information & familiarise yourself with the topic TOPIC 3 Choose the right types of literature TOPIC 4 Choose your sources of evidence TOPIC 6 Search effectively online

4. Steps of a search strategy Based on INASP and DFID

5. Sources of evidence 5

6. Using Boolean operators OperatorDescriptionExample use a keyword or ideaEducation use a phrase, question, or string of ideas. Girls Education ANDinclude both wordsGirls AND Education ORinclude either wordGirls OR Education AND Economic Growth NOTexclude this wordLiberalisation NOT Exports AND Girls Education *wildcard, include plurals and close matches Gender* " looks for whole phrases together by inserting quotations “ impacts of gender equality on girls education” use lowercase letters upper case can limit your search “Girls education” title:to find the word in the title of the page title: girls

7. “ Evidence-informed policy is that which has considered a broad range of research evidence; it considers other factors such as political realities and public debates. It is not exclusively based on research. In some cases, research evidence may be considered and rejected.” Source: Authors based on (Newman, Fisher, & Shaxson, 2012)

8. Further Resources Identifying and using online research literature: a guide for policymakers (INASP) www.inasp.info/en/training-resources/e- resources/access-support/identifying-and-using-online-research- literature-guide-policy-ma/www.inasp.info/en/training-resources/e- resources/access-support/identifying-and-using-online-research- literature-guide-policy-ma/ ‘Availability Does Not Equal Access’, Anne Powell on the Scholarly Kitchen Blog http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/05/21/guest-post- inasps-anne-powell-on-availability-does-not-equal-access/http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/05/21/guest-post- inasps-anne-powell-on-availability-does-not-equal-access/ For an example diagram of the peer review system of Elsevier (one of the world’s leading academic publishers), see www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review Evidence Gap Maps from 3ie www.3ieimpact.org/evaluation/evidence- gap-maps/www.3ieimpact.org/evaluation/evidence- gap-maps/ 8